Forgotten 50s Casseroles: Chicken Pot Pie
How many times have you heard someone sigh and say, “Back in The Day, life as so much simpler…”? That’s true. And it’s especially true of food and recipes. So today we’re kicking off a week-long series of recipes from the 1950s that deserve a 2020s comeback!Read More →
Sunday Musings: Loblaw’s Feasts While People Starve
In the same week… Public Health officials responsible for millions of Canadians warned that malnut-rition has become alarmingly common. And Canada’s largest grocery retailer – posted another quarter of double-digit profits. Is it time to force food prices down?Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Service Restaurant & Snacks News!
How do they do it? Get so totally coordinated in their marketing plans that every major player is announcing similar value menu updates, returning faves and new products? I guess we could just blame it on climate change…Read More →
Researchers ‘Prescribing’ Blueberries In Diet Experiment
Blueberries are an acknowledged ‘superfood’. Doctors at Dalhousie University want to prove that they deliver a real, quantitative benefit to heart health. Then, they can argue that more physicians should be prescribing ‘therapeutic’ foods…Read More →
Gen Z Drinking Just As Much As Older Folks…
We ran a post back about 6 months ago, re-porting that Gen Xers – and later generations – were drinking less alcohol, embracing alt-ernatives. Now, latest surveys show Gen Zers are drinking just as much as their forebears did…Read More →
A Summer Quencher For All: Lime Watermelon Agua Fresca
Watermelon Juice was a big part of summer when I was very young. It was what Mom kept in the fridge had as a general purpose sum-mer quencher. But when I got older, I was seduced by Lemonade – which the rest of the world was drinking…Read More →
Astonishing Eggs: May Protect Against Alzheimer’s!
Since eggs were absolved of causing elevated blood cholesterol levels, science has been reporting previously unheard-of benefits for the ubiquitous Hen Fruit. Latest findings say eggs may help protect your brain against Alzheimer’s…Read More →
Nutty State Food Laws You’ll Either Laugh Or Cry Over
Once in a while, I come across a source post that I deem worthy of sharing with you just because its fun. Today is one of those ‘whiles’. We know folks everywhere feel strongly about food. But that can result in some pretty odd-ball food rules and regulations…Read More →